THE RED CORNER
NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE NORTH STAR ACADEMY OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
WEEK OF DECEMBER 1st, 2025
Monday Mindset, Junior Samurai Stripe Challenge, Membership Updates, and Facility FAQ Links all available at the bottom!
Happy Monday Team!
We’re on the other side of Thanksgiving. I hope everyone had a great weekend with their friends, family, and loved ones!
We have some cool stuff planned for December, which we’ll announce shortly.
Tickets are available in the office ($65) and we’ll also have a PPV stream link for you as we approach the event. Gianna has been fighting at a championship level for the past two years, internationally, taking on some of the best athletes in the world (literally). She continues her pursuit of greatness this weekend against one of the top fighters in the world at this weight.
Fighting is both a massive group effort as well as one of the loneliest sports you can imagine. It takes a team to get you into the ring, but once you’re in there you’re completely and unequivocally on your own.
If you are coming in, working hard, and contributing to an environment of excellence, then you are part of each and every victory that these fighters earn. It doesn’t matter if you are a regular sparring partner absorbing the big shots at your own peril, or a brand new students showcasing a ton of courage and humility by just getting out there and getting it done — you are part of the team and part of that process.
As we enter into our last challenge of 2025 I want to reflect back on this year for the competition team. It was largely a year for change and growth, but throughout it all we had some great scraps and kept the fire burning through thick and thin.
Competitively speaking I am excited for 2026 and the opportunities it brings, and for the academy as a whole to level up and hit the ground running hard.
See you on the mats!
–Coach Jackson
You can find this week’s Monday Mindset HERE
You can find this week’s Junior Samurai Stripe Challenge HERE